With Spanish translations (done by Manuel García Verdecia) side by side with their English counterparts, Alice Walker's Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart (Atria, $25) features almost seventy poems of complex questions and emotions. Alice Walker's humanistic, compassionate, and environmentally aware perspective is clearly felt throughout the collection. Her poems describe pollution and preservation in its many forms. She touches on and interweaves the racism, sexism, and violence that have affected us all. She exposes the dark of the world, but she also gives us the tools to walk with a little light of hope through it all. Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart is a call to healing, especially in the face of destruction. We are in pain, and often due to reasons that were out of our control. How do we address our wounds? For those familiar with Alice Walker and her writing, you will not be disappointed. For those who aren't, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart is a good place to start, especially in our current political and social climate.